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Sunday, 30 November 2014
Europe targets Ariane deal to stay in commercial space race
Weeks after its dramatic coup in landing a probe on a speeding comet, Europe is hoping a last-minute deal to provide funding for the workhorse Ariane rocket will prevent its space ambitions falling back to earth this week.
Anxious to preserve its own access to space, the 20-nation...
Read moreSaturday, 22 November 2014
Portugal ex-PM Jose Socrates held in tax fraud inquiry
Former Portugal Prime Minister Jose Socrates has been detained by police as part of a corruption investigation.
Mr Socrates, who led Portugal's centre left government from 2005 to 2011, was arrested on Friday as he flew into Lisbon airport.
The former leader is one of four people...
Read moreSunday, 16 November 2014
Ukraine crisis preoccupies G-20 summit
Despite not being on the G-20 agenda the crisis in Ukraine hung heavy over the gathering of leaders from key developing and industrial countries Saturday.
With the meeting in its second and final day, President Obama talked Asia Pacific cooperation and Ukraine with the Australian...
Read moreSaturday, 15 November 2014
German league president says UEFA could leave FIFA
German Football League President Reinhard Rauball says UEFA would have to consider leaving FIFA if world football's governing body does not publish in full American attorney Michael Garcia's report into bidding for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
Rauball tells Kicker magazine that...
Read moreSaturday, 1 November 2014
Pro-Russian rebels vote for leader in war-torn eastern Ukraine
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Pro-Russian separatists will vote to set up a breakaway regional leadership in eastern Ukraine on Sunday aiming to take their war-torn region closer to Russia and defying Kiev and the West as the big guns still boom across the territory.
The United States and European Union...
Read moreThursday, 30 October 2014
Ukraine, Moscow clinch deal on Russian gas supply
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Moscow and Kiev on Thursday clinched a deal that will guarantee that Russian gas exports flow into Ukraine and beyond to the European Union throughout the winter despite their intense rivalry over the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
"There is now no reason for people in Europe to stay...
Read moreFriday, 24 October 2014
'We won't pay,' furious Cameron tells EU over surprise budget
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In a vivid display of public fury at European Union technocrats, British Prime Minister David Cameron refused to pay a surprise 2.1-billion-euro (1.65 billion pound) bill on Friday as EU leaders ordered an urgent review of how the budget figures were arrived at.
As Eurosceptics at...
Read moreTuesday, 21 October 2014
CEO of French oil giant Total killed at Moscow airport
Christophe de Margerie, the charismatic CEO of Total SA who dedicated his career to the multinational oil company, was killed at a Moscow airport when his private jet collided with a snowplow whose driver was drunk, Russian investigators said Tuesday.
Three French crew members also...
Read moreSunday, 19 October 2014
Test shows Spain nursing assistant clear of Ebola
(AP) — A Spanish nursing assistant appears to have recovered from the Ebola virus, authorities said Sunday, nearly two weeks after she became the first person infected outside West Africa in the current outbreak.
An initial test shows that Teresa Romero, 44, is now clear of all traces...
Read moreFriday, 17 October 2014
Russia and Ukraine reach tentative gas deal in tough Milan talksLEA
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(Reuters) - Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday towards resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still had to do much more to prop up a fragile ceasefire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine.
The mooted deal could re-open...
Read moreThursday, 16 October 2014
Capello invited to meeting at Russian State Duma
(Reuters) - Russia coach Fabio Capello has been invited to attend a parliament hearing at the Russian State Duma, the country’s main legislative body, on Oct. 27.
"I invited Capello to speak with him about how the Russian national team is preparing for the 2018 World Cup," Igor...
Read moreSunday, 12 October 2014
Bosnian vote beset by nationalism and bad economy
(AP) — Bosnians are voting in general elections that will show whether people are more concerned about the 44 percent unemployment rate or still mired in wartime nationalist divisions.
The incumbent leader of the Serb half of the country based his campaign on promises of Serb secession,...
Read moreWednesday, 8 October 2014
Spain Ebola nurse may have touched face with contaminated gloves
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(Reuters) - A Spanish nurse who is the first person to contract Ebola outside of Africa may have touched her face with the gloves of her protective suit while caring for a priest who died of the disease, a doctor treating her said on Wednesday.
The nurse, Teresa Romero, was being...
Read moreSaturday, 4 October 2014
Ukraine says its forces killed 12 rebels at Donetsk airport
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(Reuters) - Pro-Russian separatists have suffered their worst casualties since a ceasefire officially began on Sept.5, losing 12 men in attacks on buildings at Donetsk airport, Ukrainian military officials said on Saturday.
The ceasefire in eastern Ukraine has become increasingly...
Read moreThursday, 2 October 2014
Ukraine wary of fragile peace as patriotism surges
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(AP) — Since Ukraine's conflict with Russia erupted, Oleksandr Federenko has gone from village kid to army cadet, trading computer games for knife-throwing classes and morning marches. He is only 13.
Federenko's shy laugh and wisp of upper lip hair seem at odds with his bulky...
Read moreWednesday, 1 October 2014
World's 1st bullet train, made in Japan, turns 50
(AP) — It was, retired Japanese railway engineer Fumihiro Araki recalls, "like flying in the sky."
Zipping cross-country in a super-high-speed train has become commonplace in many countries these days, but it was unheard of when Japan launched its bullet train between Tokyo and...
Read moreNew Polish premier wants more US military presence
(AP) — Poland's new prime minister says she will seek a greater U.S. military presence in Poland because the conflict in neighboring Ukraine has made Poland's security and the U.S.-Polish relationship even more important.
Speaking Wednesday at her inauguration, Ewa Kopacz promised...
Read moreTuesday, 30 September 2014
Totti becomes oldest scorer in European club history
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(Reuters) - Francesco Totti, who turned 38 on Saturday, became the oldest scorer in European club competition history when he found the net after 24 minutes of AS Roma's Champions League Group E match against Manchester City on Tuesday.
Totti, who is in his 23rd season with his...
Read moreMonday, 29 September 2014
Ukraine leader clings to European goal despite Putin
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(Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has secured a temporary peace in the troubled east which he says gives him a chance to move Ukraine towards its dream of a place in Europe - but Russia's Vladimir Putin still holds cards that could thwart him.
And, a month away...
Read moreSpain Challenges Catalonia Referendum Call
(AP) — Spain's government has filed appeals before the country's top court to try to halt the powerful northeastern region of Catalonia from staging an independence referendum, the prime minister said Monday.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said the Nov. 9 referendum called by...
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